Houston Rockets team banned on AliBaba, by China’s broadcasters and retailers after the tweet supporting for the HK protestors
BEIJING, Oct 8, 2019, CNBC. China’s largest online shopping sites owned by giants Alibaba and…
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The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
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A wounded president is prone to making bad decisions. That’s the only explanation for Donald…
[Analytics] Beijing, Moscow upgrade security ties
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[Analytics] Kratom: The ‘herbal heroin’ from Indonesia that has US drug agencies worried
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[Analytics] How to deliver future of Southeast Asia’s electric vehicles
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New Zealand govt commits massive $60 million for PNG rural electrification
PORT MORESBY, Oct 5, 2019, NBC News/PNG Today. The New Zealand government has committed a…
U.S. will talk to N. Korea soon: Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 4, 2019, Yonhap. U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United…
US plans tariffs on $7.5B of EU goods
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 4, 2019, Xinhua, China Daily. The United States plans to impose tariffs…
Pakistan hosts Taliban-US peace talks
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Oct 3, 2019, Pakistan Today. A delegation of Afghan Taliban was due in Islamabad…
US official promises to crack down on Russian meddling in response to Putin’s joke
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 3, 2019, TASS. The US has all instruments to counter Russia’s potential…
Diplomatic switches from Taipei to Beijing continues in Pacific
TARAWA, Oct 3, 2019, Hawai’i Public Radio. Last month, two Pacific island nations switched diplomatic…
Putin at the Russian Energy Week in Moscow praised Trump’s economic policies, but not dollar
MOSCOW, Oct 2, 2019, CNBC, Pan Pacific Agency. Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised President…